Adjustable clinker-shovel.



W. W. GHURGH/ ADJUSTABLE GLINKER SHOVEL.

FILED JULY 7, 1911 RENEW ED MAY 23, 1912.

- Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Attorneys WILLIAM WARREN CHURCH, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTABLE CLINKER-SI-IOVEL.

Application filed July 7, 1911, Serial No. 637,388. Renewed May 23,1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 699,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. CHURCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Clinker-Shovel, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shovels especially designed for removingclinkers from furnaces such as used, for example, in heating stores andresidences.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this typewhich is simple in construction and which can be manipulated within thefire pot of a furnace so as to firmly engage clinkers therein and holdthem while the shovel is being removed from the furnace.

A further object is to provide a shovel the clinker engaging portion ofwhich is adjustable relative to the handle so as to enable the saidportion to be placed in dif ferent positions to adapt the device to allforms of house furnaces and the like.

A further object is to so shape the handle of the shovel as to permitthe body portion of said shovel to be brought close to the front andlower portion of the fire pot.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shovel constructedin accordance with the present invention, a portion of the handle beingremoved. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the blank from which the shovel isformed. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the clinker engaging portion ofthe shovel, said portion being shown on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a plateof sheet metal having longitudinal slots 2 out into the ends thereof toform fingers 3 and 4 located at the two ends of the plate. The plate iscurved at intermediate points so as to bring the fingers 4 above butslightly back of the fingers 3 and it will be noted by referring to Fig.1 that the terminals of these fingers 3 and 4- are curved upward to aslight extent. Both the upper and lower portions of the plate are bowedor concaved transportion 6 of the handle 7. This handle has anintermediate portion which is substantially perpendicular to the endportions thereof. Said intermediate portion extends upwardly adjacent toand above the curved portion of the plate 1 and then merges into arearwardly extending portion which is forked as shown at 8 so as toreceive a grip 9. An opening 10 is formed in the plate 1 back of thebolt 5 and is designed to receive another bolt 11 which extends into theforward end portion 6 of the handle. Additional openings 12 are formedwithin the plate 1 at opposite sides of the bolt 5, these openings beingin alinement with the bolt 5 and either one of them being designed toreceive the bolt 11. Obviously, by removing the bolt 11, the shovel canbe swung upon the bolt 5 so as to bring either of the openings 12 intoposition above the forward end portion of the handle so as to receivethe bolt 11. The shovel can thus be secured to the handle and with itsfingers 3 and 4 extending laterally in either direct-ion.

After clinkers have been loosened from the grate and raised above thehot coals by means of a poker or the like, the plate 1, whichconstitutes the body of the shovel, is inserted into the fire pot of thefurnace and its fingers are forced against the clinker so as to bindtightly upon it. It will be apparent, therefore, that when the shovel isremoved from the fire pot, the clinker will be carried therewith. Thecurve of the handle is such as to permit the body portion of the shovelto rest close to the front of the fire pot and thus greatly facilitatethe manipulation of the shovel within the furnace. Should it beinconvenientto insert the shovel 'at the front of the fire pot and pushit toward the back thereof, the said shovel can be adjusted on thehandle and secured with its fingers extending laterally therefrom.

It will be seen that this device is very simple in construction and itwill be found very convenient for the-purpose intended.

By cutting away the sides of the intermediate curved portion of theplate 1, the

handle 7 can make a shorter turn than would be possible otherwise.

Various changes can of course be made 7 in the construction andarrangement of the and means for adjustably securing the plate to thehandle.

3. A device of the class described consisting of a bowed plate havingterminal upper and lower fingers, the free ends of the upper fingersbeing out-turned, a handle pivotally connected to the plate and meansengaging the plate and handle for securing said plate at predeterminedangles to the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WARREN CHURCH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE BENNETT, EZRA K. IGLEHART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

